Sports
University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, October 1, 1986
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'Hawks to meet K-State
By JANE ZACHMAN
Sports writer
The Kansas volleyball team is hoping to beat Kansas State tonight at Allen Field House when the two teams meet for the second time this season. The match is scheduled for 8 p.m.
The Jayhawks now are 13-2 overall. During the weekend they finished 4-1 and took second place at the Tulsa Tournament.
"We've already played them once and we did really well," outside bitter Judy Desch said yesterday.
Tammy Hill, right, middle blocker, watches as center blocker Linda Afaro, left, spikes the ball. Seller Michelle Kionne practices nearby. The KVU volleyball team practiced at Robinson Center yesterday in preparation for a match tonight against Kansas State in Allen Field House.
In Kansas' match against the Wildcats September 12 in Manhattan,
Kansas won in four games. The victory marked the first time ever that KU had beaten K-State in regular season play.
Setter Monica Spencer said the instate rivalry added a lot to the competition and helped Kansas do well.
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"We beat them once so we can beat them again," said outside hitter Julie McMahon.
KU head coach Frankie Albiz said the Wildcats had taller players than the Jayhawks. But, in the last match, the Wildcats couldn't topple the Jayhawks' defense, which Albiz said was among the best in the country.
Desch, who missed the first six weeks of the season because of a hernia operation, said that she finally was getting back into the game.
"I've been catching up on drills and working on getting back into condition." she said.
Desch said one of K.State's better plavers. Helen Bundy, was also back
in the Wildcats' line-up after being out with an injury. Neither Desch nor Bundy played in the earlier match
Albitz said KU's players had been working on serving accuracy in preparing for tonight's game.
Kansas lost in Tulsa to Central Missouri State, and Spencer said that the match was a disaster in the area of serving.
them something to work on within their limits.
"We lost a game last weekend because we had 32 errors."
McMahon said the Jayhawks had been toning their serving skills by marking targets on the court and trying to hit them on serves.
"We're trying to pick up on accuracy," she said. "Instead of serving as hard as we can we're trying to get it in bounds."
Joyner helps Angels beat Royals
United Press International
KANSAS CITY, Mo — Gary Pettis and Devon White walked with the bases loaded, and Wally Joyner knocked in three runs last night, lift-
■ More baseball p. 12.
ting the California Angels to an 8- victory over the Kansas City Royals.
Scott Bankhead, 8.9, was touched for four runs in one third of an inning of relief to take the loss.
The victory was the first for the Angels after three losses since they clinched the American League West title last Friday.
Chuck Finley, in relief of Ray Chadwick, picked up the victory to improve to 3-1. Finley allowed just two hits over his 5-2-3 imming stint.
The Angels trailed 4-2 when Bankhead was brought in to pitch in the sixth, California scored five runs with Mark Ryal and Rob Wilfong singling to open the inning. Jerry Narron walked to load the bases before Bankhead got an out. Bankhead then walked Pettis to force in one run
Bankhead was replaced by Steve Shields, who walked White to tie the score. Jack Howell put the Angels ahead with a sacrifice fly, and Reggie Jackson put away the game at 7-4 with a two-run single.
Joyner made it 3-4 in the eighth with his second sacrifice fly of the night. Joyner has 98 RBI for the season.
Kansas City answered with three unearned runs in the bottom of the first after Rudy Law led off with a flyball that right fielder Ryal dropped for a two-base error. George Brett singled in one run and Bo Jackson drove in the other two with a single to right.
Joyner's run-scoring single in the third cut the margin to 3.2
Blyleven the object of sympathy even as he sets home run record
The Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS — It's not sympathy Bert Bryleen is looking for after setting a major league record for home run pitches in a season. But sympathy is what the Minnesota Twins pitcher is getting from Hall of Fame pitcher Robin Roberts, the previous record holder.
"Bert Blyleven is probably pitching in the worst home run park ever built." Roberts said Monday night after Blyleven gave up three home runs to the Cleveland Indians
for his 47th, 48th and 49th of the year at the Metrodome.
Blyleven broke Roberts' 1956 record when he gave up a two-out, third-inning home run to Indian rookie Jay Bell, who was involved in a 1985 trade for Blyleen. Bell hit Blyleven's pitch, the first pitch he saw in the major leagues, 389 feet into the left field bleachers.
"I don't like to see a guy with that ability have it detracted from him."
"I don't think it's fair to Bert Blyleen, especially considering the phenomenal record he's had, that
you guys bring that up." Roberts said. "When I was playing we didn't have time to worry about those things."
Earlier this season, Blyleen broke Pedro Ramos' American League record of 43 home runs. Ramos, a member of the now defunct Washington Senators, set his record in 1957.
Roberts, who turned 60 yesterday, said he was not concerned about having his name erased from the dubious home run statistic in the record books.
Swim recruits, hard work has coach excited as season nears
Enthusiasm is catching in the swimming office these days.
By BRIAN SNYDER
Swim head coach Gary Kempf was encouraging when he spoke yesterday of the chances for this year's Kansas men's and women's teams to compete for the Big Eight Conference championship.
"I have the best feelings about this squad," he said. "They work very
Work for the swim team began Sept. 2. The training program included aerobic workouts with the KU Pompon squad and running. Kempf also said that work with weights was an important part of the swimmers' training. They lift weights in the weight room three days a week.
and competed for local clubs. But two swimmers competed in Orlando, Fla., at the World Championship Trials. The trials were held to determine who would represent the United States at the World Championships in Madrid, Spain.
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hard, have good attitudes and are goal-oriented."
During the summer, most of the swimmers returned to their homes
Liz Duncan, senior, and Glenn Tramml, sophomore, competed at the trials but didn't quality for the national team. Kempt said the trials were the toughest he had seen for a long time.
Kempf's enthusiasm also was boosted by the freshman recruits. He said he and his assistants preferred to recruit from the Midwest but national recruiting was done if holes were needed to be filled. He also said that Kansas' strong swimming tradition preceded him on the recruiting trips.
"I think Midwest swimmers can compete," he said. "The problem is that some of the top swimmers want to swim on the coasts, where the weather is nice. Sometimes it's difficult to bring them to Kansas."
Kempt said that some of the promising women recruits this year were freshmen Susan Bloomfield, Heather Hardy, Sandy McDonald, and divers Julie Pierce and Kristin Beechel.
Top men recruits are Bob Kelly, sophomore transfer student from Virginia Tech., freshman Scott Berry, Kevin Toller and diver Andy Flower.
At the Big Eight championships, Kempf said the women's race would be between Kansas and Nebraska.
"Nebraska has won it the last two years and we won it the previous 10 years," he said. "The championship is un for grabs."
The men, who finished second in the conference behind Nebraska last year, could become a contender for the top spot. Kemp said.
Competition for both teams starts Oct. 24. The men will have an intrasquad meet at Robinson Natatorium and the women will be in Fort Collins, Colo., competing in the Early Ram Invitational.
Miami earns highest spot in poll
The Associated Press
Miami of Florida Coach Jimmy Johnson said he's wary about whether his team can remain No. 1 the rest of the college football season, but Oklahoma Coach Barry Switzerland thinks the Hurricanes should have smooth sailing.
"It's obviously early in the season and there's a lot of football left to be played." Johnson said. "I look at
Top Twenty Poll
ponents remaining on the regular schedule with a combined record of 10-18-2 — one of which, East Carolina, has the longest Division I losing streak at 13 games.
Miami of Ohio beating Louisiana State, and I know that in this game you'd better be ready to play every week."
Miami, which beat Oklahoma 28-16 Saturday, replaced the Sooners as the top ranked team in The Associated Press' weekly poll yesterday by receiving 56 of 58 first-place votes.
The Hurricanes have seven op
"They shouldn't stub their toe the rest of the way with the schedule they have," said Switzer after Saturday's loss.
Miami's remaining seven regular-season opponents are Northern Illinois (0-5), West Virginia (2-2), Cincinnati (2-2), Florida State (1-2-1), Pittsburgh (2-1-1), Tulsa (3-2) and East Carolina (0-4). Only Florida State has been in the Top Twenty this year.
"It's ironic that statements have been made about the rest of our schedule," Johnson said. "Before we beat Florida and Oklahoma, everybody talked about how tough the West Virginia and Pitt games would be on the road, and Florida State at home."
"I know how good West Virginia,
Pitt and Florida State can be Florida
State lost to Michigan by two points
in Ann Arbor so I know how tough
that game will be. "Johnson added.
The Hurricanes received 1,156 out of a possible 1,160 points, with Alabama and Penn State the only other schools to receive first-place votes. Alabama, Nebraska and Michigan, which knocked Florida State out of the Top Twenty for the first time in three years with a 20-18 victory, each moved up one spot to be ranked second, third and fourth, respectively.
Penn State, which downed East Carolina, 42-17, moved from seventh to fifth, while Oklahoma dropped to sixth. Auburn and Arkansas advanced to seventh and eighth, and Southern California jumped from 12th to ninth. Arizona was No. 10.
The second 10, in order, were Iowa,
Washington, Baylor, Texas A&M,
UCLA, Arizona State, Michigan
State, Louisiana State, Fresno State
and North Carolina State.
Team hopes to improve weak offense
Winless Packers try out Flutie
United Press International
GREEN BAY, Ws. — The winless Green Bay Packers, desperate for a quarterback, yesterday tried out United States Football League players Chuck Fusina and Doug Flutie
Flutie, the former Boston College star who played with the New Jersey Generals, is in the process of being released from a personal services contract he signed with Generals owner Donald Trump and is free to jump to the National Football League.
The Packers also said they had received permission from the Los Angeles Rams, who own Flutie's NFL rights, to look at him. He arrived in Green Bay yesterday afternoon for a physical and workout under Coach Forrest Gregg.
"I'm just excited about the opportunity right now," said Flutie, the 1984 Heisman Trophy winner. "I'd like to find a spot in the NFL as soon as possible. Whether it's a matter of days or weeks, I don't know. I'm
Although the Rams own Flutie's rights, Los Angeles recently signed rookie quarterback Jim Everett. The Rams traded three draft choices and two players to Houston to get his rights but Flutie does not think his future is with Los Angeles.
"With what they gave up to get Jim Everett I don't think so," he said.
anxious."
"We still have to draw up the paper to that. Once that's done, the door is really open to the NFL. I'm looking forward to that," he said.
The Packers' offense has produced only two touchdowns in four games with starter Randy Wright and backup Vince Ferraga. Rookie Robbie Bosco, the team's third quarterback, has been sidelined with a shoulder injury.
Veteran quarterback Lynn Dickey, who had led a potent Packer offense for several years, was released before the season started and the 0-4 Packers are struggling.
He said his agent still was negotiating the final settlement of his contract with Trump.
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Above, Scott Long, Houston junior and captain of the men's crew team, adjusts the rollers on the seat of the ergometer. At right, Victor Ojeda, left, Costa Rica junior, works out on the ergometer, which tests strength, output and endurance, as Kevin McCubbins, Raymore, Mo., sophomore, watches. Both are members of the Kansas Crew and worked out yesterday at the team's boathouse near the corner of New York and Seventh streets
"We watched his college career, of course," Gregg said of Flutie. "Everybody did. He was a very exciting football player. He was a quarterback everyone said was too small (at 5-foot 9)."
Gregg said that the club could not contact Flutie before he worked out an agreement with Trump and that they had talked with the Rams.
The Packers also worked out Fusina, the former Penn State and USFL Baltimore Stars quarterback. Gregg was impressed with Fusina, a free agent
After the workout, Gregg said the Packers would talk with the Rams about possible compensation for Flutie.
"Like him. He's been a successful quarterback. He's a veteran. He knows what he's doing. He looked good in the workout," said Gregg.
"But he got the job done and he got it done with flair. That's the reason we have interest in him. That's the reason he's here."
"We had permission so we're not breaking any rules," he said.